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Topic: my gs1200 doesnt rewind very good
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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God
Posts: 2392
From: France
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted February 10, 2011 09:49 AM
Kevin, welcome to the Forum. This should be posted in the 8mm section.
Pasquale is both right and wrong (sorry lad). The better the spools, for both pay-out and take-up, the better the rewind. And there's nothing better than Elmo's original reels, either plastic 800ft or metal 1200ft. I recommend not using 1200 ft plastic spools, at least for take-up. I own two really well tuned GS1200s and there are even some really ugly spools (mostly pliomagic or some of the ones used by Marketing Films) that don't give a satisfactory rewind, even in 400ft.
The GS 1200 uses 4 different motors and one is specifically dedicated to rewind. If you open the back and look at the pay-out arm base area, you will see various yellowish cogs, perhaps they are stuck together with old grease, or clogged with dust and solidified grease. Give this area a good clean and apply new lubricant (always use silicon-based lube on plastic parts and lithium-based lube on metal).
If you feel up to it, remove the motor to have a look at the main drive cog. This tiny piece can become fragile over time, it can crack and loose some of its teeth. Then it needs to be replaced.
If you're lost, contact me by mail - jmtoussaint(at)claranet(dot)fr - and I'll will get you infos to get your machine fixed.
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